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George “Trigger” Burke ’56, H’96
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George “Trigger” Burke, a trial attorney in Quincy, Mass., was a basketball standout while a student at UMass Amherst and went on to play for the Boston Celtics. The Athletic Hall of Fame at the Mullins Center on the Amherst campus is named in his honor. He has endowed a scholarship fund that has enabled dozens of students from Quincy to attend UMass. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in government from UMass Amherst in 1956, he earned a law degree from Boston College Law School. Burke received an honorary doctorate from UMass Amherst in 1996 and was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal in 2001. Burke lives in Quincy.
